We can't say it enough....we have been blessed with our baby Noah. He makes us smile everyday and shows us something new that he does each day as well. The last few days Noah has been doing a lot more talking...ok so it's baby talk...but parents always understand! We are so grateful that he eats well, sleeps well (especially at night), and is healthy and happy. We are looking forward to a relaxing weekend as a family. We are hoping to go to a pumpkin patch on Saturday, it will probably be muddy, but we hope for no rain while out on the field! Check out some new pictures for this week!

...is sure getting around! He suddenly forgot what sitting and laying down are. He only knows crawling and standing...and trying to move when he stands. We are starting to walk him around as he seems to be so strong. Noah seems to be in a hurry to do so many things. Today he finally let go from where he was standing holding on to try and sit, but I think he may have gotten scared and pretty much went face first! Whenever he falls he looks to momma for a reaction. I can't overreact or else he will cry, so this time I cheered him on and congratulated him on letting go and getting back down to the ground, he smiled....instead of panicked. He always enjoys us reading to him, I'm glad he likes his books. He enjoys when momma blasts the music for him during the day, he will fall asleep surprisingly! He likes helping momma and daddy whenever he can, he's momma's big helper when daddy is at work.

Check out lots of new pictures! Here are some where he is sitting...these are harder to get!

Today was finally a relaxing day, although we went out and went to a wedding. Noah's aunt Andrea's brother was getting married...if you understood that! It was a nice wedding. In the morning we went to our local farmers market and picked up some fresh fruit for Noah. Then we headed to our Supermall down the hill about ten minutes away and had lunch there. Check out the pictures from today.

We are all happy the weekend is finally here! As for last weekend we saw both sets of abuelitos and picked up some new toys for Noah and two new warm hats....it's starting to get chilly! We baked cookies and just hung out relaxing. This weekend we have some places to go and we are hoping to attend a wedding. We'll try to go to the market on Saturday morning as our baby Noah is out of pears, peaches (almost), and apples! His daddy weighed him after his bath and although it isn't exact, we think Noah now weighs 25lbs or more!! We both have noticed he has grown in length for sure! Our baby is growing so fast. Momma loves that he will give me kisses out of no where, he knows that I love when he gives momma love! It's so sweet, he does it with dada too!

As for other things, we've been following the news about WaMu....pretty sad. We have mutual friends still at the company and our thoughts are with you all during this crazy time. Hope you are all able to leave it behind for the weekend and enjoy some time with family and friends.

Hope everyone has a nice weekend.

Here we are! Our baby boy continues to cruise around! We will begin baby proofing this weekend! Hola a todos! Check out the new pictures....momma finally caught up!

Check out some new pictures! It's been busy lately and our poor baby is still teething. He seems to want to walk soon, we are all saying he will by ten months...but we'll see! I will try to blog about our weekend soon!

Noah and family have been doing well. Our baby is definetly keeping us busy. He has understood that crawling will get him places he shouldn't be....so he has learned how to crawl fast! He hardly lays down anymore...he either sits, stands or crawls to some interesting thing. Daddy brushed his teeth for the first time the other day....it was so cute, and Noah loves his teeth being brushed - surprisingly. This past week, Noah and momma did a lot of walking, or actually momma did a lot of walking! Noah was sleeping for over an hour outside on our walk - however fall is approaching fast so we'll have to take our walks to the mall. Check out some new pictures, I am still trying to catch up! Hello to our families in California!

It's been a long time since momma has written anything, and I can say so much here now but I will try to keep it semi-short so that you can read! Our baby turned 7 months today...actually JUST a few minutes ago!

Things he has done lately...or his firsts are: He had spaghetti for the first time on Tuesday and he stood up to the couch by himself! He is crawling...but hasn't really realized he can actually get farther than he thinks! His teeth are coming so fast! He has 4 teeth coming out on top! He already has his bottom two! He loves to geek out like his daddy and still loves his books. Only a few pictures have been uploaded this week, however we plan to upload a lot more next week! Keep leaving your comments, Noah enjoys reading them!

We love our baby so much and we are a very blessed little family!

Happy Birthday our baby boy! We love you!

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We play every day after I get off work, he talks to me, we just chill on the bed.

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We took baby Nøah to the clinic on Friday afternoon for his checkup and unfortunately his shots too. He has grown in all categories! Momma was super shocked by his weight! Although daddy wasn't because he won five bucks for having the closest guess to his weight. Nøah is now 24 1/2 inches and weighs 15lbs. 3oz! Doctor says he is very healthy and very alert, all good signs. As for the shots, momma cried of course and baby is still a little cranky this morning. We will take it easy today with him...hopefully try and get outside. It is a beautiful day outside today!

Baby and momma haven't posted anything in a few weeks....been crazy! Nøah has been fine...momma's the one that got a fever due to an infection. I got antibiotics that were safe for me and the baby and am a lot better now. The baby is getting bigger as you can see by the new pictures we've posted...that's taken some time to do and I only get a few minutes to do this while Noah is asleep or when daddy is here! I don't like leaving him alone while I get on the computer....we like to read, play with his balloon, play on his play mat, take pictures to send to daddy, or do some tummy time (which momma just started doing more of these last few days only). I'll post more tomorrow hopefully after Nøah's two month checkup. Sadly though...he is going in for his shots. :( We'll see how he does...I pray that he does well - I know I'll be crying for sure!

Ohh...and my cousins were in town this week, we've posted new pictures of Noah with them. They leave this evening after being in Seattle for a week. Noah thanks his uncle Jr. and aunties for the new outfits! Keep reading and emailing us!

We went to the Great Starts Class reunion, we met all the new babies from all the parents that were there. Most babies were born within 1 month and a few within a week of each other.
Proud parents were talking about their babies and their delivery stories.



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....he discovered playing with his balloon today. It was really cute - he was holding it and moving it around. We had a good family day today...momma, daddy and Nøah.

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We are as happy as when we found out Noah was on his way, we have had a few nights without sleep (Cindy mostly), but have had more smiles with him. This week he has been just like always, calm, sleepy, and eats a lot. As Cindy's post tells, he's gained almost 3 pounds from birth, not counting the 1 pound he lost when he came out. Here are some pictures I like.

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Happy first month!

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We were just browsing and found this article about how much to feed a baby depending on his age and weight:
"Take your baby's cues (from babycenter.com)
The most important guideline is your baby's behavior. Babies will eat when they're hungry and stop when they're full. Don't expect a newborn — or any baby, for that matter — to follow a schedule or mathematical rule." Read more

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...so the day came...unfortunately. Daddy returned to work today. We are counting the hours until he returns though! In the meantime, mommy and me are hanging out and I am sleeping and eating like usual! Here I am missing daddy!
-Noah

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Today at 4 o'clock Noah finally lost his umbilical cord! Daddy had just returned from getting his haircut and I was picking the baby up for daddy to take when I saw the umbilical piece laying on the bed. It was really exciting. His belly button looks good...no weird stuff left behind, a clean belly button. So Noah was two weeks and five days today with a big event. He had another big event last night...he did his first giggle...it was super cute. We are looking forward to so many more firsts.

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This is our last Saturday before daddy goes back to work - it's going to be hard on Monday morning. :( We had a good family day today. Noah fell back asleep after a late morning feeding and we fell asleep right with him. He was up in the afternoon listening to his music with daddy while mommy had a chance to shower. Then his abuelitos came by with auntie Fatima. Last night abuelita Lopez came by with lots of food and Noah was really good with her and her abuelitos tonight as well. It's almost ten and he is still asleep but almost ready to eat...so I must go!

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Noah turned two weeks old yesterday and he is doing well. He seems to have grown a lot...but we haven't weighed him since last week so not too sure. He is very alert and follows both of mommy and daddy's voice. He keeps us smiling.

It's mid-afternoon now and just finished eating some delicious chicken with salsa and a great salad. Due to my (momma's) healing process, I have a limited diet right now which is keeping me from eating seafood, pork, and a lot of green veggies.....for now anyway. My incision is healing nicely and I continue to rest with Noah whenever possible so that I will be as strong as possible for when daddy goes back to work. Me and baby are very sad at the thought of this...but know it has to happen - either way...we'd rather have daddy here with us.

Noah has been napping for over two or three hours now! Mommy took advantage of that and rested also, and is now writing this entry. Earlier however, around eleven in the morning we ventured outside for the first time as a family going some place other than the clinic! There is a big sale going on at Babies R Us that ends this weekend and we were interested in picking up a bouncer or swing and a few other things we still needed. Luckily for us grandpa and grandma Lopez' gave us a gift card to this store which will help with so much stuff we still need for our little one. Noah was really good the whole time, and even left a little souvenir in the store....like a dirty diaper! Daddy was the best and changed him...as I was still afraid to do this in public....something I'll have to get over REAL soon! We purchased a fancy bouncer and a simpler one to see which one Noah will like (if any). We picked up a few accessories...oh and a nice Chicco baby carrier....can't wait to use that for our walks. Oh ....and because baby Noah was craving some chocolate from See's Candies - daddy was our hero and bought us some! Here are some pics from today...enjoy! Keep visiting and leaving comments!

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We are looking to buy a swing or bouncer for Noah, but don't know what's best we are going from our intuition that he may like the bouncer better but I don't know if anyone who reads this blog has any suggestions. Please comment on the link below and let us know. Any help is well appreciated. You can also email us

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I was taking some photos today and turned on the flash, he then started closing his eyes and stayed very quiet as if he didn't want us to know he was awake. I noticed his squinting and just wanted to wait for him to open his eyes. I wasn't able to fool him so I kept takig the pictures. After I was done he opened his eyes wide open, what a munchkin!

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Today was an interesting day. Little Noah started crying early in the morning and wouldn't go to sleep, we fed him, changed the diaper, checked the temperature and we thought we had everything. Well I remembered to check his umbilical cord and noticed some stains on his shirt. I checked closer and noticed he had been hurting it. It was uzzing a bit and we decided to take off his shirt and leave him on his diaper only. He was better. We got scared so we called the doctor to make sure he wasn't getting infected. Auntie Andrea came by to check out the umbilical cord. Went to the clinic and she told us that he was fine and that it would be a few days until it comes off. He slept a lot after that. We talked to family that we haven't talked to since before Noah was born.
We also have been receiving lots of emails and we are responding as we can, so if you emailed us and you haven't got a response don't feel bad we are going to get back to you. Thank you all for your good wishes.

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An update from momma...finally! Noah is just over a week now and doing well...after our diarrhea scare. He is overall a calm baby boy who likes to sleep, eat, and leave us gifts in his diaper! We went for another checkup today and he is healthy...having gained 12oz. since our visit on Friday. Baby Noah loves being talked to...and he will just gaze into your eyes with his big dark eyes that makes me melt everytime! He has the darkest, silkiest hair - we are curious to see if it will get curly eventually or stay straight like mine.

Mom has been recovering...it has been slow - I had a good day yesterday but I think I over-exherted myself sometime this morning because I am very sore and achy today, daddy picked up a little more with Noah because I was in a lot of pain. Daddy has been great...we don't know what we would do without him! He takes care of both of us with so much love and care...he amazes me everyday, and I couldn't ask for anything more. I am very grateful for my family.

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We went to the doctor this morning and found out he doesn't have diarrhea, we were just worried. Dr. said it is normal, nothing to worry about. They did draw blood from him again, PKU test. This is required by the state of Washington, Phenylketonuria, or PKU for short, is an inherited, genetic condition in which the body can’t process phenylalanine (Phe), an amino acid found in many foods. This excerpt comes from the PKU website
According to the nurse in 30 years she's done that test she has known about only one case that tested positive. This is completely treatable thus the need for the test.

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We noticed loose stool this morning, very little on the diaper but later he had another light loose stool. This is the third one that he got and was alot. We found out that it was some apples that Cindy ate, they gave baby Noah a mild diarrhea. He's eating just as well but we are keeping an eye out for dehydration. We are monitoring his temperature and have an appointment with the doctor tomorrow morning at 8 am. He looks like a happy boy and we are making sure he's OK. We found some articles about this on www.Babycenter.com and the exact article is here.
Noah smiles and eats as normal.

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Baby Noah is a great baby, he has been eating and sleeping, eating and sleeping, ohh! yeah and pooping too. He has such a mild temper, he wakes up licking his lips letting us know he's hungry, if we miss the cue then he starts crying but we hardly even let him get upset (this far). We came home and had a mess of stuff we started sorting his clothes from smallest to biggest and saved the smaller ones. Despite his weight he fits new born to 3 months. He is more long than he is chubby. Grandmas brought Caldo de pollo yesterday, both of them. They both came yesterday. My sister is coming to see him today and will also bring him some food (for us of course).

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We are going to head out to the hospital in about 15 minutes. We are to be there at 10:00. We are having a quick breakfast and get there. We had a good night sleep, no need for Cindy to take the sedative in case she couldn't We will be back with a baby. To enter the live section of this website text my cell phone to get a password and login.

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We are back at home. After monitoring for about 4 hours the midwife sent us home. There are no contractions so she gave us an appointment for 10:00 AM tomorrow unless anything happens. It is about 15% of women whose water break before the contractions start and about 75% of those women have their baby within 24 hours.
Baby looks healthy, momma looks healthy but tired. We are going to try to sleep tonight and get ready for tomorrow. It may be a long day. I will not be updating this site because I will not have access to it but follow my Twitter here I will be sending updates constantly.

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We are on our way to the hospital to have her checked. No Contractions yet but we will wait and see. Keep checking in.

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It's Thursday night...family just got done watching a new episode of Lost....and we just have more questions. We are enjoying the show while we can because we will be on baby's schedule soon - or so I hope! I am nearing the 40th week....and I haven't had any strong contractions in about a week - nothing that has caught my attention anyway. I am just so anxious to see our little guy...he's just not coming fast enough. His auntie is scheduled to come into this world tomorrow by c-section, and if there is no activity tonight then we hope to go visit her in Seattle. That's if I'm very motivated to ride the bus to meet daddy! I am at the point where I cannot sit for very long...and an hour bus ride isn't the greatest right now. We'll try our best though. Mom and baby will continue to keep you posted of how we are doing. Keep checking back!

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Today we had our visit to the midwife, she told us everything is great. Baby is in position and with the head down (where it should be).

Momma's progress:
She's very tired, and still taking baths to soothe the pain on her hips and pelvis. She's hungry as a hippo, and eats all my strawberries. She gained 3 pounds since the last visit. Although she lost 2 last week to stomach problems. She's dialated about 1 cm. but there aren't any signs of baby coming.

Baby's progress:
He keeps moving and kicking momma, he's very active all day and night. He likes for Daddy to read to him every night He's getting big by the minute.

Daddy's progress: He's growing more and more anxious to see his mini me. He keeps dreaming of him and day dreaming even at work. Getting ready for the sleepless nights to come.

After our appointment we went to REI to pick up an order from back in December but found that it had been returned to the distribution center. We got refunded anyway. Cindy got hungry and wanted to go to Cheese Cake Factory. We shared a plate and came home. It's only Wednesday....

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A little update from momma-to-be....it's been too long! I am almost full term and the little guy doesn't want to come out yet because maybe he knows it's too cold outside. Baby and I are doing okay, as best we can with him sitting low in position and mom having to visit her best friend (bathroom) every night...every hour! Yesterday baby and I were completely surprised by a baby shower thrown by Omar's sister and family. I really was surprised and Omar will be the first to tell anyone that it is a HUGE task in itself to try and surprise me...haha. My family attended and my close friend Lupe and her baby girl were there among other family friends. It was such a nice surprise and it was fun with a lot of good food. Yuri (Omar's sister) and Omar's mom made enchiladas and rice and their very special jello....that takes hours just to create. Baby got so many more pieces of clothes that I am excited to put on him and of course take lots of pictures! We also got very nice Babies R' Us gift cards so that we can go get some other items for the baby. I think the item that made everyone laugh was Uncle Meno's dinosaur outfit....the outfit came with claws on the socks! Dad, baby and I had a really nice time and thank everyone that came and especially those that helped bring it together. Gracias!

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This is the first entry of our new blog.
Baby is almost here. Cindy had contractions this morning. The nurse said that we are on the last stretch and baby Alvarado is coming soon. We will keep you informed.

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This week, was a better week for Momma, she has been getting better from her cold but still coughing, she's starting to be unconfortable when sleeping because there are only so many ways she can sleep. This week was check up week, the doctor says baby Alvarado is doing really good, they listened to his heart and the Midwife says he's got a healthy one.
This week has been full of parties. First on Thursday Dayton turned 2, he had a cake with the Lopez' side. Baby Alvarado was really happy during the party. He was kicking with the noise of all the kids running around.

Momma's belly keeps groing, she's eating well and also resting alot. We spend time trying to feel little Bear kicking, this is so exciting when he responds to our voices.

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As week 23 ends, there have been many good things to the pregnancy. Momma has been sick for the past 2 weeks and finally getting better. She's not coughing as much. During this whole sickness, little Bear has been a brave young man, he keeps kicking like a little karate kid. I have woken up in the middle of the night becouse momma can't sleep and little one wants to play. He gets really active in the wee hours of the morning. Papa bear talks, he kicks. This is the most incredible feeling!
Today we went to a "baby proofing" seminar at the local Babys R Us. We learned about how to make things safer for the baby. Door locks, kitchen area, Etc. We got this website that I have to research a little more, called Safe Kids this website has English and Español checklists for safety In almost all situations. Pool, Halloween, Fire, water safety, you get the idea. We have our monthly check up this week and will have information about the progress of the baby.